King George v 1912 Farthing
Farthing Details:
- Diameter : 20mm, Weight : 2.821g
- Mintage - 7,669,760
- Value ranges from £1.00 - £16.00 depending on condition (Source Collectors Coins GB 2009)
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- 1912 farthings were chemically darkened, to avoid the being confused for half sovereigns, these were very similar in size.
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| Obverse A | Reverse 1 | Obverse Design: George's bust facing left, abbreviated legend is as follows: GEORGIUS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP (George V by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India) |
Reverse Design: Seated Britannia facing right, holding a shield and trident, with the word "FARTHING" above and the date below. |
Varieties
There is 1 known variety of this coin.
What Happened in 1912?
- Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece attack the Ottoman Empire in the 1st Balkan War, resulting in the creation of the nation of Albania.
- Japan constructs its first dreadnought battleship
- English explorer Robert F Scott & his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before.
- Coal miners strike in England
- Churchill announces enlarging the Royal Navy, and removal of fleet from Malta to home waters (and with the French realigning their fleet)
- Titanic sinks at 2:27am on 15th April off Newfoundland as band plays on.
- Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies.
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes "Tarzan of the Apes".
- Haldane tells German Ambassador that England would aid France if attacked by Germany and could not allow the balance of power to be changed
- Pope Gregory IX, dies.